Obsidian Announces Involvement in New MMO Skyforge

Development of a new MMORPG, Skyforge, has been announced. It's currently being developed by Russian studio Allods Team, with US-based Obsidian helping out with "westernisation."

Skyforge (not to be confused with the Skyforge from Skyrim) is a sci-fi/fantasy MMO that will see players develop their characters from immortals into powerful gods, complete with followers and various powers. All players will reportedly play on a single server.

“We are building a team of accomplished developers to collaborate in class and instance content development as well as westernization," Obsidian's development director Eric DeMilt says of the partnership.

“This is our most ambitious project to date,” adds Oleg Shpilchevsky, Allods Team's head of development.

There's no word on when Skyforge might become available, but beta sign-ups are already open at the website.

Obsidian has also just announced its partnership with Allods Team's parent company My.com on the forthcoming tank MMO Armored Warfare.

Obsidian recently worked on the RPG South Park: The Stick of Truth, which we deemed a great success. It is currently working on the crowdfunded Pillars of Eternity, which is due for release by the end of this year.

Allods Team had previously worked on Allods Online, an MMORPG that launched in more than 15 countries.

Katie Williams is a freelance writer and games journalist. She tweets at @desensitisation and hopes that one day, a bird will tweet back.